Re: [DNSOP] draft-schanzen-gns and draft-ietf-dnsop-alt-tld

["Independent Submissions Editor (Eliot Lear)" <[e-mail]>]

Paul:

It is not the ISE that is ignoring RFC 6761, but this group. 6761 
envisioned this precise case.  For whatever reason, that document didn't 
take the next step and actually reserve a TLD. Sometimes it is 
reasonable to do things incrementally.  But what is not reasonable to 
expect researchers to attempt to enter the ICANN arena in order to 
facilitate a the safe use of a new naming system that doesn't require 
use of the DNS.

> Alternate names spaces want a “real name”, so either their name or their mapping will  “squats” on the DNS namespace. They won’t use .alt or ._alt just like they aren’t using alt.onion or gns.onion.

If I thought there was no chance of these people using a suffix of some 
form, I wouldn't have come to DNSOP and I wouldn't have mentioned 
draft-ietf-dnsop-alt-tld.  You have a group of people who are here now, 
albeit grudgingly, to step through the process here with you, to address 
safety concerns.  Consider the alternative: they and others will do what 
they are going to do without whatever advice and safety the IETF could 
offer to the community.

My advice: take advantage of this opportunity.

Eliot